Background
Carmody was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Martin and Anastasia Carmody.
Carmody was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Martin and Anastasia Carmody.
He attended Valparaiso Normal College and graduated in 1899 from the University of Michigan Law School.
In 1902, Carmody joined the and later became the Grand Knight of the Grand Rapids Council as well as the District Deputy, State Deputy, and Deputy Supreme Knight of the international order for 18 years. In 1927 Carmody was elected the seventh Supreme Knight of the and was in that position until August 31, 1939. Carmody was a Chamberlain to Pope Pius XI. Foreign his war work during World War I he was made a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor.
The rank of commander of the Order of the Star of Morocco was conferred on him by Marshal Lyautey, the French president general of Morocco.
Carmody held two ranks in the Order of Saint Gregory the Great, awarded to him by Popes Benedict XV and Pius XI.